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BUTTON. APPLICATION FILED HAY 7, 190B.

907,865. mem-,ea 1m29, 1908.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

FRED OLDFIELD, OF PORTSMOUTH, NEWI HAMPSHIRE, ASSIGNOR TO MORLEY BUTTONMANU- FACTURING COMPANY, OF BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS, A CORPORATION OFMAINE.

BUTTON.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 29, 1908.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FRED OLDFIELD, a citizen of the United States, andresident of Portsmouth, in the county of Rockingham and State of NewHampshire, have invented new and useful Improvements in Buttons, ofwhich the following is a specilication.

My invention relates to buttons and more particularly to that class ofbuttons commonly used on shoes, gaiters, etc. and which ordinarilycomprise a metal eye embedded in a head of hardened plastic materialsuch as papier-mache and similar compositions.

Referring to the drawings which illustrate -an embodiment of myinventionf-Figure 1 is a plan view, and Figs. 2 and 3 are sectionalviews of my improved button Fig. 4 shows the metal loop or eye; Fig. 5shows the peg, presently to be described; Fig. 6 is a sectional view ofa preferred form of head; and Fig. 7 is a side view of the completebutton.

A is a head of hardened plastic material.

B is an eye formed of a loop of metal having its ends beveled.

C is a peg of metal or other suitable material having a head c.

In assembling the parts of 'my improved button, the ends of the loop Bare placed against the lower face of the head A, on opposite sides ofits center. When pressure is applied by suitable instruments, the endsof the loop are forced into the head and, because of their beveled ends,are deflected, and embedded in the head as shown in Figs. 2 and 3. Theends of the loop, thus forced into the head, are held only by thepressure and friction between the head and the loopends, assisted to acertain extent by the bends of the loop-ends. The peg C is driven intothe head between the deflected ends of the loop forcing or crowding thematerial of the head outward against the ends of the loop and tightlypacking them therein with the result that the eye is more securelyanchored in place.

It is sometimes desirable, though not always essential, to provide thehead with a bore a of slightly less diameter than the peg O, as shown inFig. 6. In the making of the bore the material of the head is forced orcrowded outward against the end of the loop and the peg, which is driveninto the bore, holds the material in compression about the ends of theloop. The bore also serves to permit the peg to be more readily driveninto the head, thus preventing it from exerting too great an expansiveforce and thereby splitting the head.

-By the above described construction the eye is firmly embedded andanchored in the head, and does not tend to work loose and pull out, andthe button is thereby rendered more strong and durable.

What I claim is:

1. A button comprising a head of hardened plastic material, an eyeformed of a loop of metal having its ends embedded in the head, and apeg driven into said head between the ends of the loop, the material ofthe head held by the peg in compression about the ends of the loop.

2. A button comprising a head of hardened plastic material, an eyeformed of a loop of metal having its ends deflected and embedded in thehead, and a peg driven into said head between the deflected ends of theloop, the material of the head held by the peg in compression about theends of the loop.

3. A button comprising a head of hardened plastic material, an eyeformed of a loop of metal having its ends embedded in the button head,and a peg driven into said button head from the side opposite to theloop and between the ends of the loop, the material of the head held bythe peg in compression about the ends of the loop.

4. A button comprising a head of hardened plastic material, an eyeformed of a loop of metal having its ends embedded in the button'headand a metallic headed eg driven into said button head from the si eopposite to the loop and between the ends'of the loop, the material ofthe head held by the peg in compression about the ends of the loop.

5. A button comprising a head of hardened plastic material, an eyeformed of a loop of metal having its ends embedded in the button, saidhead having a bore formed between the ends of the loop opening on theside opposite to the loop and a headed metallic peg driven into saidbore, the material of the head held by the peg in compression about theends of the loop.

Signed by me at Portsmouth, New Hampshire, this 29 day of April 1908.

FRED OLDFIELD,

Witnesses:

RALPH W. JUNKINs, JOHN K. BATES.

